Anisette Love Knots

Total Time: 1 hr 35 mins Preparation Time: 35 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 3 1/2 cups flour
• 1/4 lb unsalted butter, melted (1 stick)
• 2 tablespoons baking powder
• 3 teaspoons pure anise extract
• 1 pinch salt
• 1/4 cup warm water
• 3 eggs
• 3/4 cup granulated sugar
• 5 tablespoons milk
• 4 cups sifted confectioners' sugar
• 2 tablespoons anise extract
• candy sprinkles

Recipe

• 1 cookies:.
• 2 in bowl, combine flour, baking powder and salt. toss lightly with a fork. add eggs and sugar – mix well, (mixture will be crumbly). add melted butter, 3 teaspoons anise extract and warm water. stir until mixture forms a ball. transfer dough to a lightly floured surface and knead for 5 minutes until dough is smooth. chill for one hour.
• 3 preheat oven to 400 degrees. pinch off pieces of dough about the size of large olives and roll into logs. tie each into a knot shape and place on aluminum foil approximately 2â€? apart. slide foil with cookies onto cookie sheets. bake 8 to 10 minutes or until bottoms are pale brown. when done, slide aluminum foil off cookie sheets and let cookies cool on foil until cool.
• 4 glaze:.
• 5 stir milk and remaining two tablespoons anise extract into confectioners sugar. consistency should be like heavy cream, if needed, add drops of milk. dip cookies upside down into glaze; turn upright and dry on cookie rack over waxed paper for one minute, than sprinkle with candy sprinkles. makes about 50 cookies.
• 6 store in a waxed paper lined cookie tin, approximately one week.